[Journey] My Shopify Dropshipping Journey to $1000/day

[Journey] My Shopify Dropshipping Journey to $1000/day Discussion in 'My Journey Discussions' started by wacrofo, Apr 13, 2018. Tags: aliexpress dropshipping facebooks ads journey journey shopify shopify Page 1 of 9 123456→9Next > Apr 13, 2018 #1 wacrofo wacrofo Registered Member Joined:Mar 6, 2018 Messages:56 Likes Received:71 Gender:Male A Little Introduction A popular term used in the Mafia is " making your bones ", it means to establish achievement, status or respect. So let's just say that by this journey, that starts 13 April 2018, I'm aiming to make my bones in BHW. I'm a 22 years old guy, just graduated as a materials engineer living in Casablanca, Morocco. my dream ? well, I can't put a dollar amount to it, let's just say that I want for now that this journey succeed if it doesn't, at least to make someone learn from my mistakes and succeed. So enough boring chat, let's get down to business. My Goals: Build a dropshipping store from Aliexpress Build a system for continuously testing products Build an organized process so I can easily automate it (by hiring VA, getting warehouses) <-- this is a looooong term goal for short term, the optimal scenario is making 1000$/month in profit 1.5-2 months from now The Plan : Product Research : Every product should respect these 3 conditions : VERY IMPORTANT - It is ALREADY selling : I will know that from spying on other dropshippers, using some tricks that I'll show later on on this journey - It targets a passionate niche (fishing, hunting ...) AND/OR Solves a PROBLEM - The product should have a HIGH PROFIT MARGIN : No cheap stuff in Aliexpress, no rings/necklace/wallet/key-chain. only product that can get sold with a 15$+ profit margin. Sources of ideas: - Facebook (using the search bar! duh! to find dropshippers and jack their sh**t .. nothing personal strictly business) - Wish.com - Site:myshopify.com "niche" or site:myshopify.com "product" on google Ad Text/Video : The videos that I will use on my ads are Copied from already existing videos on facebook (the ones that I "stole" the product from) I will just download and do some LITTLE editing. Ad text : I will not change my competitor ad text, I will ctrl+c ctrl+v the ad text WHY ? .. well, if my competitor is already selling the product and getting aloot of like and comments and shares why would I change his ad. NEVER CHANGE A WINNING TEAM Product page: I will build the best Product page I can. Find the best product images Write my best product description, contains images, Gifs videos and a lot of information Implement a "Buy 2 to save 50%" because it worked for me in the past Import photo reviews of the product I repeat .. PHOTO REVIEWS from Aliexpress usually using loox app add scarcity and a countdown .. I will not make it look spammy Add the new option in shopify themes "dynamic checkout" so I give the option to my customers to go directly to checkout and not go to cart then checkout. etc... Testing (fb ads): the plan is : - Every product will have 1 adset of a budget of 10$/day - Test 2 Products / day - Wait 3-4 days for the product, if I make a profit on this product I will keep it if not I will KILL THE AD and move on to another product the next day - the first testing period will be of 11 days Here's a little table explaining the process upload_2018-4-13_3-23-24.png So as you can see in the table, Day 1 : i will test 2 products 2 products = 2 ad sets = 20 $ / day Day 2 : let the ads for the 2 first products run and add another 2 products well I hope you get the idea That means that in day 5 for example I will be running full speed testing 8 products simultaneously This will leave me with a budget of 560 $ in 11 days CONCLUSION This was an introduction to my journey, I'm taking it very seriously .. don't worry if something isn't clear I will explain every step that I will take in details at its time. I will not update daily, I will update when I've done enough work so every update can be well written (well I will try) Final thought, many of you will find putting 560 $ to test is a lot, Focusing on one product is a BIG MISTAKE, you'll fall in love with it and you'll try your best to make it work but in the end you'll find yourself with no or little sales. Wish me luck guys I fucking need it! Sorry for my english :eek: Thanks Thanks x 16 Advertise on BHW Apr 13, 2018 #2 TechEinstien TechEinstien Jr. VIP Jr. VIP Joined:Apr 27, 2016 Messages:1,343 Likes Received:550 Good Luck. Thanks Thanks x 1 Apr 13, 2018 #3 Akash Palit Akash Palit Jr. VIP Jr. VIP Joined:Jun 23, 2016 Messages:194 Likes Received:7 Gender:Male following Thanks Thanks x 1 Apr 13, 2018 #4 theTJB777 theTJB777 Newbie Joined:Jan 27, 2009 Messages:24 Likes Received:17 Gender:Male Occupation:Software Developer Location:Maryland, USA Looking forward to this journey! Thanks Thanks x 1 Apr 13, 2018 #5 shaheerkhan shaheerkhan Power Member Joined:May 31, 2015 Messages:669 Likes Received:250 Gender:Male Following. Thanks Thanks x 1 Apr 13, 2018 #6 LatteGrande LatteGrande Jr. VIP Jr. VIP Premium Member Joined:Jan 19, 2011 Messages:2,332 Likes Received:667 Location:404 Not Found I wish you luck buddy. I hope you reach your goals and keep your progress updated. Thanks Thanks x 1 PAYPAL SOLUTIONS! No Holds Paypals. Buy the cheapest and best accounts available in the market.​ Apr 13, 2018 #7 MGz MGz Newbie Joined:Mar 22, 2017 Messages:32 Likes Received:9 Gender:Male very interesting. motivating to start my first journey like this myself now. Thanks Thanks x 1 Apr 13, 2018 #8 MEng MEng Regular Member Joined:Sep 13, 2016 Messages:282 Likes Received:46 Gender:Male Occupation:Upvoting Following your journey! Keep this updated with your results. Thanks Thanks x 1 Apr 13, 2018 #9 tux tux Jr. VIP Jr. VIP Joined:Jul 11, 2016 Messages:1,470 Likes Received:818 Gender:Male Looks like a solid plan, good luck Thanks Thanks x 1 [​IMG] Apr 13, 2018 #10 hunter_killer hunter_killer Junior Member Joined:Dec 12, 2016 Messages:188 Likes Received:55 Gender:Male That's something I have been planning to do from months haha :) gud luck man :) @wacrofo Thanks Thanks x 1 Apr 13, 2018 #11 shadowmk shadowmk Registered Member Joined:May 9, 2010 Messages:71 Likes Received:5 Gender:Male Good luck man! Thanks Thanks x 1 Apr 13, 2018 #12 giusergiu giusergiu Newbie Joined:Nov 23, 2015 Messages:47 Likes Received:14 Gender:Male well done mate! you use a similar strategy like mine (product research, creative), but I use a different traffic source. Best luck for your journey, I will follow with interest. Thanks Thanks x 1 Apr 13, 2018 #13 Sam Brenner Sam Brenner Junior Member Joined:Dec 9, 2017 Messages:124 Likes Received:32 Gender:Male Following. Good luck. I'm onto the same goal. Thanks Thanks x 1 Apr 13, 2018 #14 danko6 danko6 Jr. VIP Jr. VIP Joined:Jan 22, 2010 Messages:490 Likes Received:200 Gender:Male Home Page:https://StonBox.com/ Good luck buddy. Follow your success ;) Thanks Thanks x 1 [​IMG] Apr 13, 2018 #15 wacrofo wacrofo Registered Member Joined:Mar 6, 2018 Messages:56 Likes Received:71 Gender:Male Day 1: today will be reserved for product research only. The goal is to find a lot of products that respects the 3 conditions that I talked about on my first post. So how’s that ? First : Facebook.com I will go to Facebook and type these queries in the search box: “goo.gl” AND “free shipping” “bit.ly” AND “free shipping” “/collections” AND “free shipping” “goo.gl” AND “get yours” “goo.gl” AND “order here” “bit.ly” AND “order “bit.ly” AND “get yours” “bit.ly” AND “order here” “goo.gl” AND “order” etc…. (be smart in finding this kind of combinations) THE MAJORITY of dropshippers put this on their ads .. with this method I get some very interesting products, that have this kind of engagement: upload_2018-4-13_15-9-12.png Usually most of the them are Video ads .. that proves that video ads are waaaaay better than photo ads by the way. Anyway, I add to that one little filter and the most important! The ad should be posted this year not 2017/2016, I do that by selecting 2018 here : upload_2018-4-13_15-9-31.png After that I will collect all the products that have a lot of engagement, ESPECIALLY SHARES Likes and comments and no shares is BAD .. probably mean the product is boring .. we are looking for something that makes the person share it with friends .. not just like it and scroll down. Shares and comments makes a post go viral, and bring organic ad impressions. Second method : wish.com + Facebook This method takes time I will not start with it now. probably will hire someone and train them to do it in the future. ------------------ Now all of I’m doing is fill my excel file with product using the first method. The next update will be when I will start building my store (themes, product page customization, branding .....). Stay tuned